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Interview with Kayoko Wakita

2017
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Conducted with Deanna Matsumoto and Sharon Sekhon at Kayoko's home in Culver City. She discusses many aspects of her family's history including in Japan and in Los Angeles and Fullerton. Wakita shares the difficulties of World War II when she and her family were sent to Manzanar for the duration of the war. A master koto player, Kayoko taught East Asian Studies at LA City College.

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